The days when your customers would simply go to your website for the latest news and product information are long gone. Instead, social media networks, such as blogs, Twitter and Facebook, are channeling this information out to the world at a blazing rate.

Driven by growing interest in green technologies, the motorsports and specialty-equipment industries are spurring innovation and opportunity. Find out where it's headed at this conference during the Long Beach Grand Prix.

The SEMA Business Technology Committee (BTC) is pleased to announce that the latest SEMA BTC PIES Data Standards Training Template (Rev 4) is now available for download.

Four, it turns out, is the magic number.

That’s the amount, in dollars, that 72% of auto enthusiasts will have to start paying for a gallon of gas before seriously considering the purchase of an alternative fuel vehicle.

Surrounded by a world of social media and mobile technology, members of Generation Y apparently don't have the same motivation toward all things automotive. That's according to new research from J.D. Power and Associates that will be presented by Mike Cooperman, senior director of marketing for the company's Web Intelligence division at the 2010 Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS). GAAS 2010 will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare near Chicago, May 18–19.

Slightly more than 44% of manufacturers experienced growth in November last year, compared to the same period in 2008. Fewer distributors and retailers, however, said they experienced the same.

Don't wait to reserve your spot at the 2010 SEMA Show—the deadline to submit materials for priority space selection in May 7.

News and updates from SEMA councils and committees.

The House Resources Committee held a hearing on the “Colorado Wilderness Act,” a bill to designate 850,000 acres in 34 separate areas as wilderness.